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OCHA’s Philippe Kropf provides a snapshot of the crisis in South Kivu, on a journey with his colleague Desire Mirindi to the mining town of Kamituga, where fighting between the rebel group Raia Mutomboki and government forces has displaced and terrorized thousands of people.
The young man on the...

The massive movement of people triggered by the conflict in northern Mali has devastated the region’s economy, and its agricultural production has all but ground to a halt. Tens of thousands of farmers and tradesmen in and around the city of Timbuktu are struggling to make a living.
Nearly 530,000...

The village of Katilacan has never been prosperous. Its 2,500 residents have traditionally depended on small-scale agriculture and fishing. For decades, the people of this small village have also had to deal with Mindanao’s long-running and violent conflict. For the past four decades, the area has...

For the first time in nearly a year, a UN-led aid convoy has been permitted to cross into non-government controlled parts of Myanmar’s Kachin State to deliver food and other lifesaving relief to communities displaced by conflict. Over the past two years, UN agencies and international humanitarian...